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Businesses such as joiners, gardeners and farmers can burn their own untreated wood and plant waste on a bonfire, at the place it was produced.
Find out when you must charge a minimum of 10 pence for single-use carrier bags, bags you're not required to charge for and the records you must keep and submit.
This code provides practical guidance on how to meet your waste duty of care requirements in England and Wales.
Understand what drinks businesses need to do under the Deposit Return Scheme from 1 October 2027.
Find out what waste exemptions are and when you need to register them. Understand waste exemption conditions and charges.
What information the consignment note must contain, who has to complete each part and when it has to be completed.
T28 waste exemption allows pharmacies and similar practitioners to denature controlled drugs, to comply with Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001. T28 exemptions are free of charge.
How to identify and classify waste that contains POPs.
How to develop a management system and keep it up to date so that you can carry out activities under an environmental permit.
Definition of single-use vapes and reusable vapes, information on regulation and enforcement, and how to recycle vapes.
Guidance from 31 March 2026 for waste collection authorities in England on ensuring good waste collection services for households.
Registers of electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) producers, approved exporters, approved authorised treatment facilities and producer compliance schemes.
How to send returns to the Environment Agency and waste producer if you receive or dispose of hazardous waste in England.
When a material is waste, is a by-product or meets ‘end of waste’ status.
How to apply for environmental permit for an activity in England that could cause pollution, increase flood risk or affect land drainage.
S1 waste exemption lets you store certain waste in secure containers at a site separate to where it was produced, before transporting to another site for recovery.
This guidance explains the appropriate measures that regulated facilities permitted to store, treat or transfer (or both) non-hazardous and inert waste should consider.
How to stop the spread and dispose of invasive non-native plants that can harm the environment in England.
T4 exemption allows you to treat waste to reduce its volume for transport to another site for reuse, recycling or to make handling easier.
Explains the definition of ‘regulated facility’ and how they are grouped into classes.
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